American food store ??

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Hello,

I am new here, I am deseperatly looking for american food in Switzerland, it can be online or not online does not matter, I am near Lausanne...

My Aunt is coming for 3 Months to see me, and she ask me to buy some...you know baking stuff, cakes...sweets...all those things...

I can't disapoint her...

PLEASE HELP!!!!

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you are the first person i know of looking for american food! make her a gift and get her european food. you won't disapoint her. if this doesn't do the job, you always have mcdonalds...

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She is coming from the states, she's old, and she like to cook with american products...that is why...

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We stock Wilton and lots of other baking "stuff": www.back-art.ch

Look forward to your visit

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I think you'll find that supermarkets here stock basic baking components such as flour, sugar, yeast etc, so your aunt won't be coming to a complete third-world country. She'll only have to adjust to the shorter opening hours.

But in any case, since she is actually coming to visit you FROM the US and wants to get American stuff in Switzerland why don't you tell her to bring with her whatever you can't seem to find there? Might make your life a little easier?

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*scratches head*

Why don't you ask her to buy them and bring them with her? A) it is much easier for her to get them; B) she knows exactly what she wants; and C) she pays for them.

Well, okay, maybe you could give her the money, since she's coming all that way to see you

The only down side that I see is that she might have some trouble getting some of them through customs. If there is too much she could probably send them by mail.

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I think that the comment about customs was more about Swiss customs, if any of those food items were a threat to our poor impoverished farmers then there might be trouble - e.g. bringing in more than 500g of beef. If all we are talking about is a large supply of junk food for personal use then I doubt the customs officer would do more than shake his head and wave them on...

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I was thinking more about the initial friendly face of the US - immigration

Fair call, although flying in should be less risk than driving in.

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We might be able to help...Some of the british products are really similar to the americal equivalent. Cheerios for example...we stock the ones from Nestle, they must be similar to the General Mills ones.

If you don't find what you're looking for in our shop, maybe try tasteofamerica.ch

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Stefano.... here in Geneva there is a shop called ( go figure ) "the American Market ".. it sells all of the essentials of life.... pancake mix, Kraft Mac n Cheese, Betty Crocker cake mixes, Jiffy Pop, Pop Tarts... I could go on and on.. *L*.. but like I said all of the essentials.

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American Market

3, rue de Neuchâtel

Geneva, GE 1201 Switzerland

+41 22 732 32 00

Open Hours10am-6.45pm, Mon-Fri; 10am-5.45 Sat

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there is also another version of the same shop in Nyon .. not sure where but close to the station I've been told ... maybe you should think about a road trip``?

found it......

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Nyon

Rue Juste Olivier 8

1260 Nyon

Tel: 022 362 49 05 Fax: 022 362 49 06

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Pancake and cake mixes are essentials in the US? How about eggs, flour, butter...... I thought nearly every shop in ch sold these essentials.....

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essentials?...

Jack

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essentials... forgot to include wine & beer

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the american market in nyon has quite alot of stuff. Its about 15,20 minutes by car from lausanne.

However its very expensive. a 2 liter of diet dr pepper costs 8.50. They do have a wide variety of stuff. They carry poptarts, aunt jemima, cranberry sauce the jellied kind in a can, mac and cheese and alot of other things. I was just in there the other day to see what they had. My list is in no way complete, just sort of rambling off the top of my head...

hope that helps...

tim

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wow ok, I'm the "grynch" but man you really are living up to your name, aren't ya grumpy?

I will concede that you do have a point about eggs and butter and such like, but... well the truth is... I get the hots for Aunt Jemima. *shrug*

and regarding my use of the word "essentials" , please refer to no. 2 in the link below.

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http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/sarcasm

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Being English Aunt Jemima didn't mean much.... google... ok!

If you're ever in Flumserberg pop in for some real homemade pancakes that don't come out of a packet. Served with home made orange sauce (fresh means it comes out of an orange not out of a bottle - which american hotel guest said that then?)

And I'm not really grumpy, promise

... not really grumpy, but often sarcastic. I'm English, can't help it.

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unfortunately I am somewhat technically challenged, and do not know how to link to another thread, but there was another similar discussion a month or so back. I think the subject line was about how to find brown sugar. It discusses what common baking items are readily available, and what is not so easy.

I was just on a quick exploration visit, albeit in Zurich, and I found *most* common baking items. The thread above was spot on for what was available. She might want to bring a few things with her such as vanilla extract (rather than the powdered variety available there), baking powder (only available in small sachets, very small amounts!) and these sorts of things. Doubtful that these sorts of things would pose any customs problems.

Brown Sugar link

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There is a Burger king and Mcdonald's down the road from me. Should I pick some stuff for you?

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Thanks for the invite Grumpy, but I can't even say Flumberssstuffersberg much less find it.

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Stefano, back to the original post... you say your Aunt is old, and likes to cook with American products.

Dare I ask what "old" means? , ( *looking for my walkin stick 'ere* )